Adam Schiff: A first-year law student could punch more holes in your case than Con Ed has in Third Avenue.
Jack McCoy: The last time I checked, "Stupid" isn't a defense for murder.
ADA Claire Kincaid: Where's our notice?
Ben Stone: The client's dog ate it.
Det. Rey Curtis: You're a Catholic.
Jack McCoy: Not at work. Sorry.
Jack McCoy: You can re-write the law when you're appointed to the Supreme Court.
Arthur Branch: God willing.
Cookie Molina: I can see the future.
Sergeant Max Greevey: Oh yeah?
Cookie Molina: You are going to read me my rights.
Lt. Anita Van Buren: I'd better go. I'm late for my daily spanking at One Police Plaza.
Abbie Carmichael: Gentleman, if we can just lower the amount of testosterone.
Det. Mike Logan: Praise the Lord, pass the ammunition.
Abbie Carmichael: Ugh. Doctors. I can't believe my mother wanted me to marry one.
Sergeant Max Greevey: Patient is dead. But don't worry, the doctor is fine.
Capt. Donald Cragen: What'd he say?
Det. Mike Logan: He told us to go to hell.
Capt. Donald Cragen: Well, at least he's got a way with words.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: I want to go to law school so I can learn how to turn gold into lead.
A.D.A. Paul Robinette: Could be he's lucky.
Capt. Donald Cragen: Could be next week I'll be doing shampoo commercials.
Lt. Anita Van Buren: It wasn't the eighteen floors from the window to the street that killed her, it was the sudden stop.
Adam Schiff: Always think you have a smoking gun, till the smoke blows in your face.
Det. Mike Logan: Interviewing suspect: When is your birthday?
Suspect: March 20.
Det. Mike Logan: What year?
Suspect: Every year. I have a birthday every year.
Ben Stone: I'm not the one on trial here, and I'm the one who asks the questions.
Detective Lennie Briscoe: We had a deal, you son of a bitch.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: We got a hit on the fake fur.
Det. Rey Curtis: Yeah, you'll never guess what they make them out of.
Lt. Anita Van Buren: Recycled soda bottles. What else did you find out?
Answer: He believed that she had become too empathetic towards the defendant they had been prosecuting, and that her actions were driven by her emotions instead of facts. While empathy is a good quality in general, a certain degree of detachment is required in order for a prosecutor to do one's job effectively.
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